Etty Hillesum and the flow of presence
Subtitle: a Voegelinian analysis
By: Meins G.S. Coetsier.
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Columbia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 228
ISBN-13: 9780826217974
Subjects: Hillesum, Etty, -- 1914-1943; Voegelin, Eric, -- 1901-1985; Jews -- Netherlands -- Biography; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Netherlands; Netherlands -- Biography
Genres: Biography.
Description: "Using the views of Eric Voegelin on the nature of consciousness, Coetsier explores the mystical thought expressed in the diaries and letters of Etty Hillesum, who died at Auschwitz at twenty-nine, revealing the inner development of her mystically grounded resistance to Nazism and the symbolism of her spiritual journey"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Spiritual filter; title: Etty Hillesum; title: The letters and diaries; title: Eric Voegelin; title: Etty Hillesum in the flow of presence.